Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education

Goal 2

The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.

Expands control and manipulation of the media and tools which may include the following:

Photography - sun prints
Drawing - chalk, fine and broad markers, colored pencils, creates a variety of lines with tip, point and side, computer and software.
Cut paper - papers, found objects, fibers, glue, sharp-edged scissors, curling, scoring and stapling, cutting a variety of single and multiple shapes.
3-D - paper mache, small hand tools.
Printmaking - cardboard
Painting - liquid acrylics, large and small brushes, computer and software.
Ceramic - coil construction, compound pinch and slab, addition, smoothing, self-created stamps.
Fibers - Knotting, small hand looms for fibers.

Records 1–13 of 13 displayed.

Alphabet Hunt: Students will find images in our environment which contain letters of the alphabet (either man made or natural) and photograph them so that they appear as the focal point.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Computer Technology Skills); By Lee Anne Kitzmiller.

Faces Tell Feelings - Part 6: Students will create a collage using magazine photos and words printed in computer lab to express a particular emotion.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education); By Jan Kimosh.

Describing Designs: Students create designs and describe them to classmates using fractional and geometric terms. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Dr. King's dream: Students learn about the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. through photographs, speeches, and a brief biography. They create picture books about their own dreams of freedom for Americans today. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Drawing from observation: Introduces students to observation drawing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Exploring Flips and Slides: Students explore the geometric transformations of reflection and translation. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring Turns: An activity of creating “paper quilts” allows students to explore the geometric transformation of rotation. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Let 's talk about painting: Students experience the process of creating paintings in various different styles. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Visual Arts Education); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

A listening doll: Students discuss the process of storytelling and listening to stories. Then, they create a listening doll in the tradition of the Native American storyteller dolls. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Masks and Aesop's fables: Students learn on of Aesop's fables, make simple masks, and retell the fable as part of a Greek chorus using masks. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Visual Arts Education); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Old business, new business: Students are introduced to several businesses from the past. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Words and Pictures: Students demonstrate comprehension of plot events and character motivations, describe the author's purpose and evaluate the techniques used to achieve it, identify and differentiate between facts and examples of personification. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Sodbusters!: Students examine photographs of sod houses, build a model sod house, and picture themselves living in a ‘soddie’ to gain a firsthand perspective on the frontier period of American history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities